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but without murdoch i think the newspaper business in britain would be... would have been utterly beleaguered. it was he back in '86 that allowed newspaper innovation to come in. he took the "times" tabloid, everybody said he was crazy. this is a guy, for better or worse, who loves newspapers. and the "times" of london has been building up its foreign bureaus at a time. i mean, the "washington post" here is down to a handful. "chicago tribune" has known. he's been building up the foreign bureaus. he's had the courage to put up a pay wall and say "you've got to pay for what journalists do online." i wanted to point out that... ande's had tremendous courage in the very bold investments he's made. i spent a long time with h 20 years ago when he was just embarking on sky b and fox here in the u.s. i don't like fox,ut to break theriopoly of the networks was an extraordinarily business achievement. now, fox's contribution to the situatioin the u.s. today is very damaging, i thin but as a bhed media executive, he has been the visionary, along with turner, i would
but without murdoch i think the newspaper business in britain would be... would have been utterly beleaguered. it was he back in '86 that allowed newspaper innovation to come in. he took the "times" tabloid, everybody said he was crazy. this is a guy, for better or worse, who loves newspapers. and the "times" of london has been building up its foreign bureaus at a time. i mean, the "washington post" here is down to a handful. "chicago tribune" has known....
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france and great britain along with the united states is not enough. to really turn this into a village in the government, it requires other members of the eu and other members to recognize the transitional council -- to really turn this into an illegitimate government. >> so the transitional government can have access to money? >> absolutely. it comes down to money. the transitional authority is desperately in need of money to buy arms and supplies that they need. if the united states' -- the united states' recognition helps to unfreeze some of those assets, as well. there are some subject, i am sure, to some sort of litigation. >> the coalition is more confident about who they are dealing with in terms of the rebels? >> absolutely. they have in pew did much more confidence in this, but there is also something on the flip side going on. just the other day, both france and great britain have signaled that they were willing to let the fox stake in the henhouse. in other words, that gaddafi could stay in libya. i think this recognition was tiring to take
france and great britain along with the united states is not enough. to really turn this into a village in the government, it requires other members of the eu and other members to recognize the transitional council -- to really turn this into an illegitimate government. >> so the transitional government can have access to money? >> absolutely. it comes down to money. the transitional authority is desperately in need of money to buy arms and supplies that they need. if the united...
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britain's best-selling newspaper, the news of the world, has been shut down. it has been in print since the 1800's. the closure comes after a public outcry, but it has not lifted the spotlight from the murdoch empire which controls 40% of newspaper circulation in the u.k. and has worldwide reach. >> rupert murdoch, 1969, shortly after he bought a newspaper, "the news of the world," that was to become his very profitable pride and joy. >> 4 give the individual by all means, but you cannot forget. >> 42 years later, he might well have made the same remarks about the person at the paper became fairly rotten and whose action shocked the nation. the paper, which has been printed for 168 years, became indelibly linked with the worst practices in journalism. james murdoch concluded it could not be amended. >> clearly, practices of certain individuals did not live up to the standards and quality of journalism that we believe in and that i believe in. and that this company believes in. this company has been a great investor in journalism, a greater investor in media in
britain's best-selling newspaper, the news of the world, has been shut down. it has been in print since the 1800's. the closure comes after a public outcry, but it has not lifted the spotlight from the murdoch empire which controls 40% of newspaper circulation in the u.k. and has worldwide reach. >> rupert murdoch, 1969, shortly after he bought a newspaper, "the news of the world," that was to become his very profitable pride and joy. >> 4 give the individual by all means,...
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britain is following the u.s. and france in intensify the pressure on the libyan regime. >> we no longer recognize them as the representatives of the libyan government, and we are inviting the transitional council to appoint a new diplomatic convoy to take over the embassy in london. >> the libyan embassy in london is in nights bridge. the ambassador here was expelled in may. now, they have three days to leave. the other diplomats must go, as well. and they must deal with the frozen assets, now controlled by opponents of the regime. this is an important symbolic moment, especially for the small group of rebel supporters, who come here but to replace the flag of the gaddafi regime with their alone. the question is, what difference will it make on the ground? joining the demonstrators today, a former financial adviser at the embassy. >> this is very positive. it is a psychological boost, and the council will be able to use those funds to help the libyan people, and hopefully, this is just the beginning. >> colonel g
britain is following the u.s. and france in intensify the pressure on the libyan regime. >> we no longer recognize them as the representatives of the libyan government, and we are inviting the transitional council to appoint a new diplomatic convoy to take over the embassy in london. >> the libyan embassy in london is in nights bridge. the ambassador here was expelled in may. now, they have three days to leave. the other diplomats must go, as well. and they must deal with the frozen...
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of the paper's parent company in britain, news international. there may be implications for murdoch's proposed $12 billion takeover of the cable television network british sky broadcasting as well. his news corporation already owns three other newspapers in britain and, in this country, "the wall street journal", "fox news" and the "new york post" among others. this afternoon, reports surfaced that the company might replace the sunday "news of the world" with another murdoch publication. its sister paper "the sun" -- published weekly and saturday-- could add a sunday edition. for more on this story, we turn to ned temko, a writer for the "observer" newspaper in london. ned, welcome back, thanks for being with us. so what was the thinking behind this dramatic decision to shut down this very profitable newspaper? >> well, the best description i've heard this evening is that this is the first newspaper in history to die of shame. but that's not strictly true. it was a commercial decision. it was a huge exercise in damage limitation, advertisements
of the paper's parent company in britain, news international. there may be implications for murdoch's proposed $12 billion takeover of the cable television network british sky broadcasting as well. his news corporation already owns three other newspapers in britain and, in this country, "the wall street journal", "fox news" and the "new york post" among others. this afternoon, reports surfaced that the company might replace the sunday "news of the world"...
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. >> we have no evidence of that in norway or in britain. >> but for now, the focus in norway is on the dead and those missing. the police will release more names as the terrible process of identifying all have been lost goes on. james robbins, bbc news, oslo. >> and as norway continues to mourn, the country's justice minister has praised the security services for their response to friday's attack, but four days on, there are questions about whether the police were quick enough to get to the rampage. local residents were the first to organize the rescue. gavin hewitt has been talking to some of those involved. >> across from the island, where so many died, there are still people waiting, with young people still missing. what is emerging here is the story of those rescued and questions about the police response. the heart of this rescue is a camp site. the two launched their boat to help people swimming from the island, where a man dressed as a policeman was hunting their friends down. >> the first thing was, they do not trust us. "i cannot trust you." we have to make some comfort to the
. >> we have no evidence of that in norway or in britain. >> but for now, the focus in norway is on the dead and those missing. the police will release more names as the terrible process of identifying all have been lost goes on. james robbins, bbc news, oslo. >> and as norway continues to mourn, the country's justice minister has praised the security services for their response to friday's attack, but four days on, there are questions about whether the police were quick...
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you cannot run for office in britain without the support of a major newspaper chain. everybody needs murdoch's support. i think that eventually this is going to fade away. >> do you remember the phase willful blindness in connection with enron crimes? >> yes. it's looking the other way. >> do you think -- willful blindness will obtain in the case of prosecuting and perhaps convicting rupert? >> they may try. >> and his son. >> they may try. >> willful blind sentence. >> i don't think rupert has any -- hold it. i don't think rupert, as of now has any kind of criminal liability whatsoever. the people have a problem are below him. >> when you have a hot story, the editor, the people above say, how did you get that? it's diagnose to be very difficult to insulate the people at the top if these allegations prove true. >> let's see if we can >> thank you columbia, challenger, discovery, endeavour, and our ship atlantis. thank you for protecting us and bringing this program to such a fitting end. >> before daylight thursday morning, atlantis, the u.s. space shuttle, returned
you cannot run for office in britain without the support of a major newspaper chain. everybody needs murdoch's support. i think that eventually this is going to fade away. >> do you remember the phase willful blindness in connection with enron crimes? >> yes. it's looking the other way. >> do you think -- willful blindness will obtain in the case of prosecuting and perhaps convicting rupert? >> they may try. >> and his son. >> they may try. >> willful...
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are we -- you know, multi- culturessism attacked now, particularly in great britain and elsewhere. >> it's a huge issue in europe. muslim immigration is a huge issue in europe. in france and it's been that way -- when i was a student in france, it was a huge issue back then. it's a huge issue in germany with the turks. they have three million turks who are living in isolated communities. it's one of reasons germany would never accept turkey into the european union. so it's a very critical issue to european politics. >> it's a seminole moment for the right wing party in europe because they've been exploiting fears about immigration and fears of their culling tour being submerged by all of the immigrants. and now they really are rushing to distance themselves from this fellow, and i think people are doing -- same kind of self- examine we did after the shooting of gabby giffords, is the kind of inflammatory rhetoric is that appropriate in politics? >> why would -- >> there's been an explosion of these right wing, populous parties, gotten contact with a true fins who just had a tremendous
are we -- you know, multi- culturessism attacked now, particularly in great britain and elsewhere. >> it's a huge issue in europe. muslim immigration is a huge issue in europe. in france and it's been that way -- when i was a student in france, it was a huge issue back then. it's a huge issue in germany with the turks. they have three million turks who are living in isolated communities. it's one of reasons germany would never accept turkey into the european union. so it's a very critical...
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. >> it is huge in britain. that it could bring down the camera government at some point. certainly, it will undermine cameron, all the hard things he is trying to do, will undermine that seriously. >> i heard him in parliament your part of his defense was that the stuff was going on 10 years before he showed up. >> peter king, chairman of the house, republican chairman of the house homeland security committee, has asked the fbi to investigate because they are concerned that maybe the same kind of practice against 9/11 victims, many of whom were peter king's constituents. if that would happen in the united states, as michele bachmann would say, it takes a lot of chutzpah. >> he refused to accept the resignation, and then she resigned. >> i think this -- jay rockefeller is a serious person, and peter king is a serious person. the fact that peter king is the self-affirmed and designated advocate for all the 9/11 families and survivors, the fact that he has gone as a republican and a leading republican on this takes out the partisanship that had gone after fox news and rupert
. >> it is huge in britain. that it could bring down the camera government at some point. certainly, it will undermine cameron, all the hard things he is trying to do, will undermine that seriously. >> i heard him in parliament your part of his defense was that the stuff was going on 10 years before he showed up. >> peter king, chairman of the house, republican chairman of the house homeland security committee, has asked the fbi to investigate because they are concerned that...
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each day brings a new twist in the scandal that has engulfed britain. today was no exception. first the news of the second high-profile resignations and scotland yard in 24 hours when john yates announced he was stepping down. then a former "news of the world" reporter that alleged widespread hacking was found dead. the circumstances are not believed to be suspicious. nick robinson reports. >> he resigned just a day after his boss, commissioner paul stephenson. both are paying the price for failing to get to grips with the hacking scandal, so says the mayor of london. >> i have just come off of the phone with yates and tendered his resignation. >> insisted both men jumped and were not pushed. he made it clear he did everything to encourage them. >> there are issues and questions. it will make it difficult for them to continue to do their job in the way they wanted. >> john yates began the day determined not to resign. he told colleagues he would not submit to trial by media. he explained why he was going. >> we are truly accountable. those of us to take on the most difficult j
each day brings a new twist in the scandal that has engulfed britain. today was no exception. first the news of the second high-profile resignations and scotland yard in 24 hours when john yates announced he was stepping down. then a former "news of the world" reporter that alleged widespread hacking was found dead. the circumstances are not believed to be suspicious. nick robinson reports. >> he resigned just a day after his boss, commissioner paul stephenson. both are paying...
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. >> suarez: britain today added itself to a list of more than 30 countries, including the united states, now giving diplomatic recognition to the rebels' national transitional council. british foreign secretary william hague: >> the national transitional council has shown its commitment to a more open and democratic libya, something that it is working to achieve through an inclusive political process. this is in stark contrast to qaddafi whose brutality against the libyan people has stripped him of all legitimacy. >> suarez: hague also said the move paves the way for the rebels to get access to $150 million of libyan oil money held in britain. and he announced the expulsion of the few remaining envoys from colonel qaddafi's regime within three days, but they could reportedly be given more time if they choose to defect. qaddafi, meanwhile, continues to reject calls to step down and in a further act of defiance, libyan state television yesterday showed the lockerbie bomber abdelbaset al megrahi at a pro-government rally. his appearance comes nearly two years after he was returned from bri
. >> suarez: britain today added itself to a list of more than 30 countries, including the united states, now giving diplomatic recognition to the rebels' national transitional council. british foreign secretary william hague: >> the national transitional council has shown its commitment to a more open and democratic libya, something that it is working to achieve through an inclusive political process. this is in stark contrast to qaddafi whose brutality against the libyan people...
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he's been known in britain for about 40 years as the dirty digger. i need to explain digger is a common slang for australian. dirty referring to the rough house tactics that he's been prepared to use most notably famously against the print unions who wanted to hang on to the old days of hot pipe in newspapering. and the revolution that swept over newspapers here in the u.k. and i dare say to some considerable extent also in the united states in the 1980s, owes much to rupert murdoch having bulled his way through that. he has also been notwithstanding his profession today to be absolutely a hands- off guy. he's also been very much a hands-on guy with those newspapers. he's picked his friends and his enemies and he certainly pursued his enemies with some vigor. now what we saw today was a different rupert murdoch. at the beginning he seemed inhibited but as the time went on, he said very little. most of what he said in the first half an hour or 45 minutes could be summed up in the one sentence that he said which was, "today is the humbleest day of my l
he's been known in britain for about 40 years as the dirty digger. i need to explain digger is a common slang for australian. dirty referring to the rough house tactics that he's been prepared to use most notably famously against the print unions who wanted to hang on to the old days of hot pipe in newspapering. and the revolution that swept over newspapers here in the u.k. and i dare say to some considerable extent also in the united states in the 1980s, owes much to rupert murdoch having...
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each day brings a new twist in the phone hacking scandal, which has engulfed britain. and today was certainly no exception. first came the news of the second high-profile resignation in scotland yard in 24 hours when assistant commissioner john yates announced he was stepping down. then a former world news reporter who said high-spread hacking of the paper under then editor andy clausen was found dead. more on that in a moment. first the bbc's political editor nick robinson, has more on the many departures. >> he is yates of the yard no longer, resigning just a day after his boss. the commissioner of the metropolitan piece sir paul stephenson. both paying the price for failing to get to grips with the hacking scandal, so said the mayor of london. >> i regret to say i have just come off the phone to a.c. john yates, who tendered his resignation. i believe both decisions are regrettable but i'm afraid in both cases, the right call has been made. >> boris johnson insisted both men had jumped and were not pushed but made it abundantly clear he had done everything to encour
each day brings a new twist in the phone hacking scandal, which has engulfed britain. and today was certainly no exception. first came the news of the second high-profile resignation in scotland yard in 24 hours when assistant commissioner john yates announced he was stepping down. then a former world news reporter who said high-spread hacking of the paper under then editor andy clausen was found dead. more on that in a moment. first the bbc's political editor nick robinson, has more on the...
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and naturally there is a lot of anger about that in britain. so even though i'm sure it was a tough day losing two of his key people for mr. murdoch, these two go back 50 years. but there is no way this wasn't going to happen. >> now what about the relationship between hinton and rebek-- rebekah brooks, does this mean perhaps they were much closer and they knew these things were happening? >>. >> i don't think we know that and i don't think these developments really tell us much about that. it's-- yeah, they certainly overlapped when rebekah brooks was running news of the world and mr. hinton was overseeing all of the british papers. but the question of course is you know, is how do they not know about it or shouldn't they have known about it. but you know, hinton in his statement was very emphatic that it was in good faith that he twice told parliament that this was the work of one person and he said pointedly that he thought that the rot was gone when he left to come to the u.s. to run dow jones and the "the wall street journal". >> rem reide
and naturally there is a lot of anger about that in britain. so even though i'm sure it was a tough day losing two of his key people for mr. murdoch, these two go back 50 years. but there is no way this wasn't going to happen. >> now what about the relationship between hinton and rebek-- rebekah brooks, does this mean perhaps they were much closer and they knew these things were happening? >>. >> i don't think we know that and i don't think these developments really tell us...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: the phone hacking crisis deepened in britain today with a second high-level resignation at scotland yard and the death of a whistleblower. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, weç get the latest on the scandal including claims of illegal eavesdropping and bribery by journalists working for rupert murdoch's news corp from ned temko of the "london observer." >> ifill: then, we examine president obama's pick to lead a new consumer protection agency. >> woodruff: from indonesia, ray suarez reports on a nation coming to grips with mental health disorders even as its institutions lock up and chain patients. >> this enormous country has almost no psychiatrists,çç leaving the mentally ill with very few options for treatment. >> ifill: kwame holman brings us the latest on the showdown over raising the government's borrowing limit. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown talks to legendary concert pianist leon fleisher about overcoming a disability that nearly silenced his career. >> i
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: the phone hacking crisis deepened in britain today with a second high-level resignation at scotland yard and the death of a whistleblower. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, weç get the latest on the scandal including claims of illegal eavesdropping and bribery by journalists working for rupert murdoch's news corp from ned temko of the "london...
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freud also caused a stir in britain in recent years with a highly unflattering portrait of queen elizabeth the second lucian freud was 88 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn again to indonesia, where a spike in food prices is now adding to the problems of poverty and hunger. ray suarez has the final installment of his series from the southeast asian nation. >> reporter: travel across indonesia's most populous island, java, and it's hard to imagine going hungry here. the intensely cultivated fields are bursting with green-- rice, potatoes, bananas, tea. but head to one of the many slums in jakarta, and it gets easier to understand how vulnerable poor people can be. >> ( translated ): food prices have been going up sharply. rice, eggs, oil. it's all going up. >> reporter: back in 2008 when food prices soared worldwide, people in the developing world who had been moving ahead economically were pushed back into poverty, and hunger. josette sheeran heads the united nation's world food program. >> we saw the number increase by 140 millio
freud also caused a stir in britain in recent years with a highly unflattering portrait of queen elizabeth the second lucian freud was 88 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn again to indonesia, where a spike in food prices is now adding to the problems of poverty and hunger. ray suarez has the final installment of his series from the southeast asian nation. >> reporter: travel across indonesia's most populous island, java,...
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can he tell us more about what britain is playing to get britain to take the next step to tackle the crisis and allow the imf to resume proper support? finally let me turn to pakistan. we all accept the long-term stability in afghanistan depends on stability in pakistan. when i met president zadari. like amended the pakistan's security forces in tackling violent extreme as in the northwest of the country but as the prime ministers said the situation in pakistan continues to be serious. there's a danger that the death of osama bin laden which should be welcomed on all sides will not have that effect in pakistan. i asked him there for what steps he has taken for british support of counter-terrorism in pakistan at the heart of our relationship to the pakistan government. we all want to see british troops come home at the earliest opportunity, not least all the families and friends of those who are currently serving in afghanistan. we also want to see the campaign concluded in a way that ensures their service and sacrifice has not been in vain and afghanistan and a wider region moves int
can he tell us more about what britain is playing to get britain to take the next step to tackle the crisis and allow the imf to resume proper support? finally let me turn to pakistan. we all accept the long-term stability in afghanistan depends on stability in pakistan. when i met president zadari. like amended the pakistan's security forces in tackling violent extreme as in the northwest of the country but as the prime ministers said the situation in pakistan continues to be serious. there's...
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britain's advertising watchdog says the magazine advertisements were misleading and do not accurately represent what the beauty products could achieve. though admitting post production techniques were used, laureal defended the ads. >>> a ban on male circumcision in san francisco is unlikely to appear on the ballot in november. today a judge tentatively ruled that under state law, local jurisdictions have no right to regulate healthcare professionals. the proposed ballot measure would have made the procedure a misdemeanor punishable with a fine and jail time. the final hearing is scheduled for tomorrow morning. >>> a new study may reassure some parents about their children's use of cell phones. researchers have found children who use them on a regular basis are not more likely to develop brain cancer. dr. kim mulvihill with what you need to know. >>> reporter: like most of her friends, 11-year-old rebecca has a cell phone. >> i like call my mom, you know, after activities, text my friends, see what they are doing. >> reporter: her mother knew there could be a link between radiation fr
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there was a naval arms race between britain and germany, for example. but we had 40 or 50 years of an arms race between the you arduous there were, as of mid june 1914, no outstanding boundary disputes, no country planned part of another territory. there was some imperial rivalry, but we have a lot of them. rivalry in the world right now between the united states and china and all sorts of other ways. there was imperial rivalry in africa, but the european countries effectively divided up africa among themselves some years previously. once the war began then, of course, all the imperial rivalries came to the surface and in africa britain and france on one side in germany on the other were very negatively fighting to seize control of each other's colonies knowing that to the victor would go the spoils. but despite the tension, i do not think the war was inevitable. >> you did talk more than a little bit about american anti-war feeling. what about that? i know that the american left was split between the less radical. lenin. russia dropped out of the war a
there was a naval arms race between britain and germany, for example. but we had 40 or 50 years of an arms race between the you arduous there were, as of mid june 1914, no outstanding boundary disputes, no country planned part of another territory. there was some imperial rivalry, but we have a lot of them. rivalry in the world right now between the united states and china and all sorts of other ways. there was imperial rivalry in africa, but the european countries effectively divided up africa...
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enough money to pay for those pensions for three or four years the tax gap where the richest people in britain avoid paying over one hundred billion a year we actually mean these pensions look fairly cheap in comparison and you mentioned the private sector and private sector workers say that you the public sector has a very good deal when it comes to pensions a lot better than a lot of private sector do you think there's really public support for what you're doing the opinion polls seem to tell us already a majority of people actually believe the public sector pensions are important to arrive at the right level or should it be higher that's incredible when you think of the propaganda we've had over the last two years from politicians in the media telling everybody the public sector pensions are the cause of people's problem my message to private sector workers is they're being exploited by their shareholders and by the company chiefs not by public sector. workers' pensions and we should have a campaign that seeks to drive all pension levels up not cut down to the worst what you will soon like
enough money to pay for those pensions for three or four years the tax gap where the richest people in britain avoid paying over one hundred billion a year we actually mean these pensions look fairly cheap in comparison and you mentioned the private sector and private sector workers say that you the public sector has a very good deal when it comes to pensions a lot better than a lot of private sector do you think there's really public support for what you're doing the opinion polls seem to tell...
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that's going to be a picture of the britain's royalty together with hollywood's a-list. diane? >> two kinds of royalty. thank you, bob woodruff. >>> and, coming up, medical breakthrough. growing new body parts and saving lives. Â when your eyes are smiling... you're smiling. and when they're laughing... you're laughing. be kind to your eyes... with transitions lenses. transitions adapt to changing light so you see your whole day comfortably... and conveniently while protecting your eyes from the sun. ask your eyecare professional which transitions lenses are right for you. [ slap! slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums summertime is now a happy time. when we can eat what we want and sleep soundly through the night. prevacid®24hr prevents the acid that causes frequent heartburn, all day, all night. >>> and now, healthy living, and the healing power of your own stem cells. last night, we learned they can repair a damaged he
that's going to be a picture of the britain's royalty together with hollywood's a-list. diane? >> two kinds of royalty. thank you, bob woodruff. >>> and, coming up, medical breakthrough. growing new body parts and saving lives. Â when your eyes are smiling... you're smiling. and when they're laughing... you're laughing. be kind to your eyes... with transitions lenses. transitions adapt to changing light so you see your whole day comfortably... and conveniently while protecting...
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in britain certainly. people will look for tentacles of it here as britain will have to examine everything about the relationship with the press. were the politicians too close to the press? were the police too close to the press? >> very incestuous culture. the answer seem to be yes. thanks very much for joining us. >>> coming up in the second part of "reliable sources" the newspaper who spent two years pursuing the hacking scandal is the guardian. we'll ask the editor about his paper's apology. then with murdoch on the defensive, are some of murdoch's critics using this crisis to pile on? >>> are journalists getting the real school or just spin? candy? um-- well, you know, you're in luck. we're experts in this sort of thing, mortgage rigamarole, whatnot. r-really? absolutely, and we guarantee results, you know, for a small fee, of course. such are the benefits of having a professional on your side. [whistles, chuckles] why don't we get a contract? who wants a contract? [honks horn] [circus music plays] h
in britain certainly. people will look for tentacles of it here as britain will have to examine everything about the relationship with the press. were the politicians too close to the press? were the police too close to the press? >> very incestuous culture. the answer seem to be yes. thanks very much for joining us. >>> coming up in the second part of "reliable sources" the newspaper who spent two years pursuing the hacking scandal is the guardian. we'll ask the editor...
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they are not unified, but some of them including france and britain, do have sympathy for the palestinian position. however, they do not want an american veto. they are afraid it could become violent in the occupied territories and that could, perhaps, get entangled in the protest of the wider arab world. that has not happened yet. so far, the air of spring has been very focused on internal issues. -- the era of the spring has been very focused on internal issues. america's standing in the region could take a hard hit, and the western states, too. the europeans are looking for a compromise, trying to convince the destiny is to drop their bid for membership, but to give them enough to get back to the peace process. whether or not they succeed, there is a sense that the arab- israeli conflict is becoming a major issue at the u.n. again and it will dominate in the coming months. >> britain has joined france in suggesting colonel gadhafi could remain in libya so long as he steps down from power. the british foreign secretary has been holding talks with his french counterpart. he said it was u
they are not unified, but some of them including france and britain, do have sympathy for the palestinian position. however, they do not want an american veto. they are afraid it could become violent in the occupied territories and that could, perhaps, get entangled in the protest of the wider arab world. that has not happened yet. so far, the air of spring has been very focused on internal issues. -- the era of the spring has been very focused on internal issues. america's standing in the...
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the inquiries into this behavior will continue into great britain. this a major setback, though, for the rupert murdoch
the inquiries into this behavior will continue into great britain. this a major setback, though, for the rupert murdoch
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timer to face the music out of range britain wants his place to be is the murdoch media more like he is to be grilled playing against over phone hacking and bribery play. russia and germany's summit powers openly lin's growing angophora energy in moscow is readiness to do business. and israeli commandos take a version ship carrying pro palestinian activists and gals are forcing another attempt to break the sea blockade of that region. also trading on the russian stock markets will become simpler for foreigners very little longer have to pay a twenty percent capital gains tax form that's interesting but it's not as though. some very warm welcome to you this is also a line from moscow now today's all singing t.v. in britain is a must see for most of the country is rupert murdoch his son under siege former u.k. c.e.o. face angry nor making his life the trio's arriving on palm and questions on the phone hacking and police bribery claims that the now x. news of the world will end in the a grim twist to the story the whistleblower who exposed the news of the world phone hacking scandal has
timer to face the music out of range britain wants his place to be is the murdoch media more like he is to be grilled playing against over phone hacking and bribery play. russia and germany's summit powers openly lin's growing angophora energy in moscow is readiness to do business. and israeli commandos take a version ship carrying pro palestinian activists and gals are forcing another attempt to break the sea blockade of that region. also trading on the russian stock markets will become...
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britain's best-selling newspaper, the news of the world, has been shut down. it has been in print since the 1800's. the closure comes after a public outcry, but it has not lifted the spotlight from the murdoch empire which controls 40% of newspaper circulation in the u.k. and has worldwide reach. >> rupert murdoch, 1969, shortly after he bought a newspaper, "the news of the world," that was to become his very profitable pride and joy. >> 4 give the individual by all means, but you cannot forget. >> 42 years later, he might well have made the same remarks about the person at the paper became fairly rotten and whose action shocked the nation. the paper, which has been printed for 168 years, became indelibly linked with the worst practices in journalism. james murdoch concluded it could not be amended. >> clearly, practices of certain individuals did not live up to the standards and quality of journalism that we believe in and that i believe in. and that this company believes in. this company has been a great investor in journalism, a greater investor in media in
britain's best-selling newspaper, the news of the world, has been shut down. it has been in print since the 1800's. the closure comes after a public outcry, but it has not lifted the spotlight from the murdoch empire which controls 40% of newspaper circulation in the u.k. and has worldwide reach. >> rupert murdoch, 1969, shortly after he bought a newspaper, "the news of the world," that was to become his very profitable pride and joy. >> 4 give the individual by all means,...
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published the leading antiwar periodical in britain through the the conflict. several of its issues were suppressed by the government. and was a very, very strong voice for peace, for ending the conflict. silvia was also having a secret love affair with kier hard i did, the founder of the independent lable -- labour party and a predecessor of today's labour party and extremely strong opponent of war who was absolutely crushed when it began and died as much as, of grief over that of anything else in 1915. another divided family that i followed was the hobhouse family. one member of it, emily honhouse was a outspoken pacifist who did something quite remarkable. in 1916 she traveled without government permission, without proper passport and visa and so forth, traveled from britain through france and neutral switzerland to germany. went to see the german foreign minister whom she had known before the war, talked about possible peace terms, asked him what might be terms of which germany ayee to peace. talked to other people in the german government. went back to eng
published the leading antiwar periodical in britain through the the conflict. several of its issues were suppressed by the government. and was a very, very strong voice for peace, for ending the conflict. silvia was also having a secret love affair with kier hard i did, the founder of the independent lable -- labour party and a predecessor of today's labour party and extremely strong opponent of war who was absolutely crushed when it began and died as much as, of grief over that of anything...
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tonight's britain's tabloid scandal escalates. two rupert murdoch-owned newspapers obtained and published information about prime minister gordon brown's family and finances. and tensions between the united states and syria, near a boiling point tonight. a government that beats its own people when they march peacefully slow to offer help when the united states embassy sund attack. >>> tonight the united states being unable to pay its bills because it's maxed out its credit line. to get more spending power president obama is trying to broker a deal with congress that would slash $2 trillion in red ink over the next decade. republicans refuse to raise taxes. president obama is left to sound like a nagging parent. no breakthrough at this afternoon's white house session. the president will reconvene the talks tomorrow. let's discuss the stakes and politics with jessica yellin and gloria borger. the sound we didn't quite have there was the time saying it's time to rip off the band-aid, eat our peas. he spent a half hour with the key ne
tonight's britain's tabloid scandal escalates. two rupert murdoch-owned newspapers obtained and published information about prime minister gordon brown's family and finances. and tensions between the united states and syria, near a boiling point tonight. a government that beats its own people when they march peacefully slow to offer help when the united states embassy sund attack. >>> tonight the united states being unable to pay its bills because it's maxed out its credit line. to get...
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rupert murdoch has now lost his longstanding unity among britain's political elite. i think something changed this week you know for decades british prime ministers have been on their knees to the to the murdoch press because they knew that when the sun which is his main daily newspaper here in britain when the sun supported a british politician running for prime minister you know they won it and then you find a man next day you find that prime minister reading the sun looking like an idiot saying well the sun got me elected i mean so you've got this meaning of democracy it's an initiator of democracy really which the murdoch press was a back office but i think and that was after a silence as well because important people needed the murdoch press and they couldn't be they couldn't attack it because of that and i think a line was crossed rupert murdoch has a very finely tuned isn't this great he has a lot of things going on now one of them is to purchase the largest satellite network in britain called sky b. and that decision is about to be approved by the government
rupert murdoch has now lost his longstanding unity among britain's political elite. i think something changed this week you know for decades british prime ministers have been on their knees to the to the murdoch press because they knew that when the sun which is his main daily newspaper here in britain when the sun supported a british politician running for prime minister you know they won it and then you find a man next day you find that prime minister reading the sun looking like an idiot...
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alabama from leaving britain shores. >> how close did britain come to intervening and look at what might have happened had they? >> i have no doubt first of all if britain had intervened on the begin og it was war on the side of the north, the south wouldn't have had a chance whatsoever. on the part of the south, the knot wouldn't have had a chance. they always entry once, once by default. and in 1862. people are saying, it's a disaster. people are dying. we must intervene. >> you've written other great books. the "duchess george jana" books have ended in motion pictures. how the process? oh. >> you write 197 people. you're creating a narrative out of a croissant of narratives. the difficulty is weaving them all together. why this book is going to be a miniseries rather than a film. >> did the emancipation proclamation of 1862, january, did that make it morally problematic for the brits to continue their kind of support for the south. in other words, lincoln turning it in to a war now to emancipate the slaves? >> it was absolutely vital for for overseas opinion that lincoln had the emanc
alabama from leaving britain shores. >> how close did britain come to intervening and look at what might have happened had they? >> i have no doubt first of all if britain had intervened on the begin og it was war on the side of the north, the south wouldn't have had a chance whatsoever. on the part of the south, the knot wouldn't have had a chance. they always entry once, once by default. and in 1862. people are saying, it's a disaster. people are dying. we must intervene. >>...
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and most journalists in britain share a view that it's completely unacceptable. people may be being arrested here, but we saw one of the journalists arrested in june being cleared and no further action to be taken. i think we need to wait until we see who gets charged, what the evidence is. we see court cases and get to the bottom of this, rather than everybody jumping in with size nine boots and effectively convicting everybody. >> we have to wait. we just don't know. we don't know enough. >> vicky, i have to leave it there. thank you for your time. we will know a lot more when rupert murdoch meets the mps tomorrow it will be a dramatic time. > >>> next, nancy grace speaks out on the case that gripped the nation. [ female announcer ] now at red lobster, a complete four-course seafood feast for $15. start with soup, then have salad and biscuits followed by 1 of 7 delicious entrees and finish with something sweet. all for just $15. you >>> casey anthony is a free woman tonight, she walked out of a florida jail early yesterday morning, after a jury found her not gu
and most journalists in britain share a view that it's completely unacceptable. people may be being arrested here, but we saw one of the journalists arrested in june being cleared and no further action to be taken. i think we need to wait until we see who gets charged, what the evidence is. we see court cases and get to the bottom of this, rather than everybody jumping in with size nine boots and effectively convicting everybody. >> we have to wait. we just don't know. we don't know...
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. >> britain's phone hacking scandal reached prime minister cameron's office today. police arrested his one-time communications director, former "news of the world" editor, andy colson. allegations that the paper hacked the phones of celebrities and politicians cost colson his job at the "news of the world" back in 2007. he quit cameron's government in january as the scandal grew. the prime minister took responsibility for hiring colson, and called for government investigation into the paper's conduct. >> this is a wake-up call. over the decades, on the watch of both labor leaders and conservative leaders, politicians and the press have spent time courting support, not confront the problems. it's on my watch that the music has stopped. >> "news of the world" will fold after sunday's edition. the tabloid part of rupert murdoch's media empire which includes the waun"wall street journal," "new york post" and fox news. >> seven people and the gunman dead, grand rapids police say roderic dantzler opened fire at two different homes. dantzler's daughter and former girlfrien
. >> britain's phone hacking scandal reached prime minister cameron's office today. police arrested his one-time communications director, former "news of the world" editor, andy colson. allegations that the paper hacked the phones of celebrities and politicians cost colson his job at the "news of the world" back in 2007. he quit cameron's government in january as the scandal grew. the prime minister took responsibility for hiring colson, and called for government...
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but tonight in britain, people are saying, well, a, you didn't need to do it. b, the only person that really needed to lose their job was the former editor, who is now the chief executive, and c, maybe this is something they wanted to do all along. the murdoch papers have been trying to streamline, cut costs. they want to take their newspaper, seven days a week, and this provided the perfect opportunity to do all of that in one fell swoop. >> you talked about allegations of drug use by the prince, you talked about david beckham, much of this dedicated, early on, anyway, to high political figures or what we would consider sports or cultural celebrities. but how much did it matter, how much did it get into british public opinion when these hackings were also about dead soldiers and victims of terrorist bombings. her sister was killed in the london transit bombings. listen to her. >> it's disgusting to have anyone to have their privacy invaded in this way, but when it moves out of the realm of celebrity and into the realm of victims of crime, it's a different matt
but tonight in britain, people are saying, well, a, you didn't need to do it. b, the only person that really needed to lose their job was the former editor, who is now the chief executive, and c, maybe this is something they wanted to do all along. the murdoch papers have been trying to streamline, cut costs. they want to take their newspaper, seven days a week, and this provided the perfect opportunity to do all of that in one fell swoop. >> you talked about allegations of drug use by...
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and there where he's part of what's called the chipping camden set which is a rule part of britain he lives down there at the weekend rebecca brooks lives down there sir and columnist lived down there and the whole set you can to make socially that set was a different set when labor in power would truly blair but all of it is too cosy and too comfortable if you don't have a real democracy you have to have a separation between the press surely and indeed the political establishment and the government of the day you also need to have separation between the judiciary and those two areas in britain and the united kingdom they've become too close over the last thirteen or fourteen years and i believe that last may not all unary people in britain their views have not really be represented either in the newspapers or in the political arena that's bad for democracy so david cameron should start investigating himself that's far as i'm concerned how would your employer a man who's already had to resign over the phone hacking allegations why would you take into the heart of government where he c
and there where he's part of what's called the chipping camden set which is a rule part of britain he lives down there at the weekend rebecca brooks lives down there sir and columnist lived down there and the whole set you can to make socially that set was a different set when labor in power would truly blair but all of it is too cosy and too comfortable if you don't have a real democracy you have to have a separation between the press surely and indeed the political establishment and the...